Asian seabass is one of the important farmed fish in Southeast Asian countries. This fish is one of the most popular and expensive fish in Australia, Thailand, Malaysia and Taiwan. This fish is also available in the Persian Gulf and the sea of Oman, especially the southeastern coast of Iran, and is in demand in domestic and foreign markets.
Farming of Seabass fingerlings
Currently, sea bass fish is the main product of this company, which will be marketed from the first half of 2023 We started to farm Barramundi fingerlings from the first month of 2023 to distribute them to global markets. But in the next year, the production of Sea bream, Shank, Groupers Aethaloperca and Lutjanus Malabaricus (Lutjanidae) fish will be on the agenda of this company. Also, the completion of marine fish production chain in the approved planning of this company is in preliminary planning.
Asian seabass
Asian seabass, known as barramundi in Australia, is an opportunistic predatory fish with a carnivorous diet, which has recently attracted the attention of breeders in Iran and is mainly intended for breeding in sea cages. Asian seabass with the scientific name Lates calcarifer from the Centropomidae family and from the Pisces category is one of the important breeding fishes in Southeast Asian countries and in addition, it is also part of the fishes of the Persian Gulf and the sea of Oman, especially the southeastern coasts of Iran. This fish grows fast and has a very good adaptation to wide temperature and salinity changes. Breeding of this fish first started in the Songkhala Research Center in Thailand in 1970 and quickly spread throughout Southeast Asia. In the 1988s AD, the breeding and breeding of barramundi in the countries of China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Australia has seen a significant boom. In recent years, barramundi has been exported to Iran, Guam, French Polynesia, and other countries for aquaculture purposes. United States of America (Hawaii and Massachusetts), Netherlands, England and Israel have also been introduced. Due to the commercial importance of Asian carp, there is room for the possibility of raising this valuable species in water sources of agricultural wells with a salinity of more than 10ppt. The introduction of Asian carp fish as a commercial species in the farming system can contribute significantly to the prosperity of the aquaculture industry in the province and the whole country.
